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Saturday, April 05, 2008

Today, I will be taking you on a tour of my favourite room in our home - my home office! I spend a lot of time in here; working, blogging or playing games, not necessarily in that order of course! ;)

Let's start with my desk, which obviously occupies the focal point of the room. This is the first place I go to every day, once I'm awake that is. My desk area needs to be as cosy as possible to ensure perfect comfort when I'm seated there. The phone/fax machine as well as my printer are arranged close by for easy access. My favourite part about this area is of course my Perfume Gallery. It feels totally amazing to be surrounded by heavenly scents as I'm typing away at my desk!

Next we have my "resource centre". Located right behind my desk for ease of reach, this is where I keep my dictionaries, advertising guides, copywriting literature and other references. It's not usually this neat, but this picture was obviously taken on a good day! My office stationery are kept in boxes and instead of filing cabinets, I have bookcases and a three-tier shelf to hold all my stuff.

In front of my desk is a spot I like to call my cosy corner. I have a day bed here, for me to relax after slaving away at my desk. It's nice to relax here while reading the papers or catching a short nap on a lazy sunny afternoon. My mini fridge is usually stocked with Coke Lite or low-fat Dutch Lady Iced Latte - my two favourite diet drinks!

And this is my reading corner. There's an entire bookcase of titles for me to choose from although nowadays, I prefer reading entertainment and celebrity magazines to catch up on the latest local and Hollywood gossip - they do make great stress-relievers!So there you have it! Now that you've been to my home office, let me tell you why it's my favourite room. I have everything in here. B hangs out here most of the time, and so do our guests. My PC is also here which means I do all my work, blogging and gaming in here as well. What I love most about my home office however, is the space. I didn't have a proper work space in our previous home. For 2 whole years, I had to endure working on a small section of our dining table. The chair was really hard and uncomfortable and I eventually took over the entire dining table, which saw poor B and me eating on the floor sometimes! So before we moved into our current place, B paid special attention to my home office. He made sure it was equipped with Internet access and went scouting around town for the best office chair. He insisted that I got a new PC for my new office and made sure all the office furniture we purchased arrived on time. All I had to do was walk into an almost complete office and decorate it the way I please! Apparently, he felt sorry for me working in such cramped conditions in our old home and didn't want me to suffer anymore. I guess that's another reason why I love this room so much - it's filled with his loving touch! ;)

Anyway, it's now 7am and I have to sign off, so here's wishing everyone a very good morning and a happy weekend!

Morning Faizal! Well, it's afternoon oredi lol... Anyway, is it the comfy home office that is making me "effective" or is it just my insomnia keeping me awake until 7am? He he he... happy Saturday Faizal and thanks for dropping by! ;)

Farah! Welcome welcome, sila masuk he he!! Yay! I love my home office too, it really is cosy. I try to keep it that way so it'll make a nice inspiring ambience when I work lol!! Oh and my Perfume Gallery, this isn't an updated pic of it...I now have 12 cases!! Yay!! Just have to fill up the other 4 new cases with perfumes if you know what I mean? He he he!! :):):)

Wow! Your home office is really neat. Now I know why you can play games and get high points all the time! It must be the super comfy office chair. Love the arrangements of everything and the day-bed and fridge. Awesome idea! =) Thanks for sharing the photos.

Wah wah wah GP!! Bestnyer your home office..I love love love it!! Basically the moment you enter this realm.. you don't have to leave it already kan.. it's like you leave home and go to work.. except no need to shower or get dressed up...lolzz

Welcome LJ! What will it be today? A Coke or an Iced Latte? Lolz... Imagine nicely curling up on my comfy day bed during a sleepy rainy afternoon, when everyone else is hard at work in da office he he! Come again anytime LJ! ;)

Wow,its so impressive.I love how you have surrounded yourself with all your perfumes,what a unique idea.I can see that you take lots of pride in your work setting...its really beautiful...makes me envious.I better start working on my own space,lol :)

I was admiring your office lah GP!! hence I took in everything... I love it lahh...how I wish i can have one as well..heheh.. siap with mini fridge lagi...hehe.. hmm I took one from Victoria Secret's line..

Yay, welcome Raghav! Now u can see where I do my work and my blogging he he.. I hope u get a nice place for urself really soon too. It's great to have your own space, which only belongs to u and nobody else! :)

your office is well designed & planned.....also...pretty large......i liked the colour combination.....hope to get some thing pretty soon......fax is out of use now a days.....so i don't use a fax machine...99% of things go on net.....saving money & time....for the kind of work you do...u will be needing lot of mental peace & this is the perfect place for u to work....with pleasent mind....hope u have not yet changed u'r 17" tft monitor(Dell).....i recently purchased view sonic 19" wide screen tft monitor......& also upgraded my computer....this new monitor is pretty slim....why don't u try...viewsonic or better go of SONY TFT if there is no financial constraint....sony costs twice that of viewsonic but picture is crystal clear.....

also buy some best high end..... N Vidia graphic CARD to boost u'r gaming performance...........i got them updated recently to start playing some high end games now.....still selecting the best game....looking for some tactical games.....

enjoy u'r blogging, working & playing efficiently from u'r home office...:)All the very best!regards!

Wow Raghav, thanks for all the tips!! You seem to know a lot about computers. You know, B always has problems with his PC whenever he plays his games. If the graphics are heavy, the game will move very slowly, apparently he needs a graphic card. What sort of graphic card would u recommend? :)

Marzie go for a 512 mb graphics card..... if you want still more speed & r able to spend big...then u can upgrade upto 4gb....but at a steep cost.....i have put 512mb graphics card.... it won't eat up u'r ram speed....if u'r using a P4.... or core 2 duo....upgrade ram to atleast 2gb....also upgrade graphics card...... u can either go for AGP or PC express....depending upon the mother board support u have in the computer.

also u get digital out with the new graphic card & also a extra cable to connect it to u'r lcd displays...

just connect it to the monitor(if u'r monitor supports it)....& the performance will be much more better with including colour & pixel.....try u'r level best.....we run computer business too...so know...some thing abt it..tht's it...nothing else...if there is any queries....just drop in to my mail id.......Regards...Happy Gaming!

No wonder u know so much about computers Raghav, well that's great to know! Anyway, thanks so much for the info, it all looks pretty confusing right now, am gonna pass it on to B. Let him decipher this info! Will give u a buzz if I run into trouble, thanks again! :)

Hi Farah! Of course full perfume bottles, where got fun keep empty bottles he he... the only empty bottle that I have is my CK Escape! Quite hard to find a miniature for it nowadays. I love Escape, that was the first perfume I bought! :)

He he .. Why fear when Raghav is always near it seems lol...thanks again for your advice. I shall forward all this info to B tonight right after work. I hope he can finally play his games. Usually, it either works halfway or the game cannot be installed at all, or it runs very slowly!

My perfume collection are all minis, and I keep them in the glass display cases that you see here. That is my problem though, cause I can't find the cases anywhere right now. I think it has been discontinued! :(

Burberry?? I don't have Burberry yet la!! I have most of the sets at the duty free stores, but the ones I don't like I don't buy of coz. I like Burberry though! Must kirim B when he goes off for another trip! He recently got me another Dior set and that one is divine...the box is all floral and very sweet, I love!! :)

Oh that's great Janice! My friends were very helpful though, they helped me with my collection and got me some of the characters I was still missing! The holder to carry all the character was the hardest to find but my best friend managed to get it for me, so sweet of her! :):):)

Wow. Cool. You have such a cosy and neat Home office. I like the idea of cosy bed where you can relax there. For me, I probably be sleeping on it most of the time. I dont think I can have a cosy bed next to my workplace. :)

Marzie Marzie Marzie, its no wonder you're so passionate about blogging and writing, your home office is beautiful, I would love to have an office like that in my home. That small bed is such a great idea dah la pulak tu it doubles as a reading/relaxing corner. Pastu ada fridge lak tu! Everything is there to help you be productive to the max. Its thoughtful of B to plan this out well because he knows you're quite passionate about your job.

Yay, thanks so much for visiting my home office Bem, although it’s very messy right now. My desk berterabur, usually mcm tu la kalau byk kerja. Yeah! The day bed is my resting area, after tired dropping and blogging, I relaxi taxi there, and it’s so comfy. Kalau thirsty, just reach out and open my mini fridge, grab a drink or two he he! Mmg best la! My cats oso like lepaking here actually. New things? Well I now have a laptop although the PC is still here. And I’ve added more storage boxes underneath my desk. Oso new curtains! Apa kata u buat home opis for u at ur house???????? For sure semakin inspired to do ur freelancing work nanti!

Eh mana ada I store new curtains in my storage boxes!!! Hahahahahha I said ada new storage boxes and ada new curtains la!! LOL! Cepatla bug ur wife to help u do up ur home opis. I tell u , it’s penting cause without a nice working environment, susah nak dapat inspirasi lol!

Yep, I read the tribute to Emila in your blog and learned about the historybetween you two when I was checking out your blog. Last time I evencommented about the death jump tu but you didn't reply, kesian Spockhahahah.

Ohhhhh u know why I didn reply that time Bem Bem????????? I ingat u hantar message but that time I tak pakai JS, so in order to reply, I had to go back to the post and reply from there and I was too scaredy cat to see the pics!!!!!!!! Hahahhahahhaha! Sorry ye, bukan tak nak reply, but mmg scared la dat time. U know sampai sekarang I tak keluar balcony takut punya pasal yowzaaaaa!